How to Use figure into in a Sentence

figure into

phrasal verb
Definition of figure intonext
  • The coat over the mirror turns the figure into a watching adult.
    — Kyle Dunn’s Night Fever, Vulture, 11 May 2023
  • All employees should get a fair wage, and that should be figured into the price the customer has to pay.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • The ones with a price can be figured into your summer budget.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
  • Plains, a city of about 550 people, figured into just about every part of Mrs. Carter’s life.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Vann did not respond to questions about how his faith figures into the court battle.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • It’s been hard to figure out how The Iron Claw will figure into the awards race, if at all, since reviews are still embargoed.
    — Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Frick added that budgetary concern also figured into the date and event shifts.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But snare drum rim shots and cymbal crashes may figure into the equation.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • That might make things a bit more complicated in the short term, although there’s little doubt that Wolf figures into the Flames’ long-term plans.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • More than likely, your Venus-Saturn blues from earlier in the month will figure into this.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And, oh yeah, aliens figure into this thing prominently.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Isn’t there a place in art to transform real-life figures into fictional works?
    — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
  • But Starlite is a serious acolyte of the English singer’s own catalog, to say the least, which also figures into the dramatic piece.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
  • His uncle, a parish priest in Ohio, figures into another of the few religious anecdotes that DeSantis shares for laughs on the campaign trail.
    — Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • Whether planning a road trip or heading to a destination with few transit options, there’s a strong chance that a rental car will figure into your travel plans.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Hiding from dad, dealing with competition from a spoiled country club brat and first kisses and fights with crushes all figure into the growing up.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The show, based on William Gibson's novel, deals with changes in society and how a virtual reality game figures into things.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • Otherwise, expect your hobbies and creative pastimes to figure into the equation as well.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
  • How did the 1970s period setting figure into the storytelling?
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Assad’s entrenchment in Damascus figures into a broader move by Iran to install its forces and allies near and around Israel.
    — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 10 May 2023
  • The economy figured into Mexico’s election as well, but in a very different way.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • The source of most of these contaminants are industrial processes and the burning of fossil fuels; TNT does not figure into the guidelines.
    — Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The toll system figures into a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed last month.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Or the state’s attorney general, who joined as a plaintiff, might figure into proceedings.
    — The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The Deckers figure into the history of Malibu in significant ways.
    — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And there are lots of Spider-People involved, some figuring into the character's lengthy history.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 2 June 2023
  • How did Lewis Strauss figure into Oppenheimer's ending?
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But often there are fees — increasingly figured into a ticket's price upfront — that generally amount to a 20% to 30% surcharge, Brooks said.
    — Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Analysts translated these figures into three interest-rate cuts in 2024—a quarter point each time.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The larger 100-key model has a numpad for typing figures into spreadsheets which is so much easier than typing lots of numbers on a conventional keyboard.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024

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